Christian Arts Academy
SHOWCASE 2026
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All of the information you need to know
for this year's Showcase in one place!
A note for Duck Duck and Twinkle Stars,
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Students will be dropped off at their assigned room in costume for their 'class party' before each show.
We ask that as soon as your child is done performing, please you make your way to their green room to pick them up so our instructors can be released to take care of their other classes.
Rehersal Schedule
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WHAT TO EXPECT
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Don't get caught off guard! Below you'll find all the information you need to be prepared .
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We got you!
PLAN FOR SUCCESS
Shows are not a day to "wing it." Please pack and check all costumes no later than the day before the first dress rehearsal. Making a list of each dance number and respective costume, accessory, hairstyle, etc helps you make sure you have everything your student will need.
* SOMETHING TO NOTE *
Two major things that are different about show days:
• Students must be dropped off under port-cochere or walked in by parent/guardian to lobby front desk.
• No student is allowed outside unattended by staff/parent.
BEFORE DRESS REHEARSAL
PREP
Check for your child's first call time and if at all possible, plan to get them signed in 10-15 minutes before their call time so they can
settle in and warm up their body.
Contact an instructor with any questions before the day of rehearsal/show.
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Your costume bag with everything in it
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Clothes/Shoes to go home in. All costume items must remain in green room until after final show (except Twinkle/Duck)
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Dance Bag: All dance shoes, hair and makeup supplies for touch ups, any other needed items (label your name in ea. individual shoe / item)
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Sealable water bottle and snack (no unsealed drink: ie. open mouth, can, or straw /food permitted in green rooms)
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Cover up for eating/drinking.
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Pack a dinner that can be eaten in the lobby.
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• Long skirt - if your student is unwilling to change in front of others.
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Please review our list of items that are allowed and not allowed in green room items before packing activities/toys to keep your child engaged while waiting.
Packing List
PRO PACKING TIP: Accessories
Using a ziplock bag to hold accessories (hairpiece, gloves, etc.) for each dance is the easiest way to keep track of them. You can use a sharpie to mark the name of the dance they are for and list the contents of each bag to make the final double check before leaving home simple.
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On Showcase days : Arrive already in hair and makeup. No jewelry of any kind.
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Nails must be trimmed to fingertip (ladies, clear nail polish only) for both dress rehearsals and Showcase).
PLEASE NOTE
PACKING
The day before first dress rehearsal, check all costumes/accessories and pack dance bag. Hang costumes in bathroom and steam by running shower on hot until wrinkles/creases dissapear before returning to bag.
Twinkle Stars and Duck Duck Dance: Keep your costumes and shoes with you and arrive in hair and costume to your dress rehearsal and shows.
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Everyone else: Bring your costume and bag with you to first dress rehearsal. Your costume bag, accessories, and dance shoes must stay at your assigned green room station from first dress rehearsal until final show.
UPON ARRIVAL
ARRIVE
10-15 mins before call time if possible (except Twinkle and Duck Duck).
This helps alleviate stress day of allowing time to settle in.
DROP OFF
Under porte-cochere or parents walk student in to lobby. No one is allowed outside without a parent or staff member with them.
SIGN IN
At front desk in lobby, then find assigned green room and place all items at assigned station, before heading straight to the auditorium for warm up.
AT CALL TIME
We’ll begin warm up all together then head back to green rooms and
change into costumes.
DRESS REHEARSAL
Once in costume, sit in lobby or auditorium. Follow closely the “Order of Show” list: students must be in the wings the number before they go on stage with entire costume on properly and any props for which they are responsible. If someone does not come to stage in time for places, the class will go on without them since we need to get everyone home at a decent time. Help each other out and check everyone's costumes before getting in the wings!
SHOW DAY
On show day, everyone will remain in their assigned green room and clip off access wristbands when the monitor says. Again, everyone will need to be in the wings the number before they go on. If in the green room with lobby access, a child gopher will come to escort them to the backstage door to get to the wings, and after they exit stage they will be there to take the student(s) back and get the next group.
Access bands will be required for all students and approved volunteers.
No one without an access band will be allowed in green rooms/backstage on show days. For parents who need to access their child
after drop off on show day, here is our protocol:
ACCESSING YOUR CHILD AFTER DROP OFF:
• Forgotten items can be dropped off at the lobby desk and we will get it to your kid.
• In the event that your student needs you to help with an emergency situation, you will be contacted and special permission will be granted for access at the front desk/backstage door.
For any other situation or request, please come to the front desk and we will be happy to assist you.
AFTER FINAL SHOW
Parents and students are responsible for making sure each assigned green room station is properly organized according to our standards before leaving on rehearsal/show day. After final show, pack all labeled items and costume pieces and dance shoes in assigned garment bag and take it all home!
GREEN ROOM RULES
1. For the safety of all our students, we require only authorized personnel (students, parents, authorized pickup persons, volunteers, etc.) are allowed in green rooms after initial setup at first dress rehearsal. Access wristband must be attained at lobby kiosk/office before you will be permitted backstage or in any green room. (This does not apply to Twinkle or Duck Duck.)
2. No one is allowed to leave Green Room without their parent or monitor, except for bathroom break paired with another student of same gender (must get permission from room monitor.)
3. Obey right away: all gophers, monitors, and teachers.
4. Must have cover up on at all times when eating or drinking including water.
5. Stage whispers only once show starts.
6. Blue tape must stay on costumes/shoes at all times.
7. Everything at your station goes back exactly how you found it. No messing with anyone else’s station/stuff.
8. Make sure your name is in EVERY shoe and item you bring. (No Tap Shoes for Curtain Call)
9. Help each other out!
10. Show kindness: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
11. No gum.
12. All drinks and snacks/food must be in a re-sealable container (no unsealed drink or food permitted in green room or backstage at any time. ie. open mouth, can, or straw)
Unsealed food will be confiscated.
CONTACT US
Mrs. Celeste • Call or Text (941) 209-8990
Administrator
Mrs. Heather • Call or Text CCAA phone (941) 705-4748‬
Volunteer Coordinator
Office hours: 10am-8pm, Mon-Sat
COSTUMES
COSTUME CARE
• Do not use iron directly on costumes unless thay are shirt-like polyester/cotton
• No water directly on costumes or else they will stain
• Do not wash or dry clean costumes!
• Do use a steamer to remove wrinkles/creases.
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Check and pack your costume, accesories, and dance shoes the day before dress rehearsal.
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Steam any wrinkles out of all costumes before each show. (Steamer available on campus)
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Keep assigned station in green room organized up to CCAA standards before, during, and after every rehearsal and show.
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Do hair and makeup before arriving for dress rehearsal and on show day.
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Take Showcase dance costumes home with you after the show! (Does not apply to Alice in Wonderland cast)
High Ballet Bun
At the crest.
Low Ballet Bun
At the nape of neck.
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Click the link for this year's hair cheat sheet.
Every class has their required hairstyle for their featured dance.
Let's talk underwear...
If a student is going to wear a bra, please make sure it is flesh colored and will be hidden by their costume. If the color of a strap on the costume does not match your child's skin tone, just take a sponge with 'pancake' makeup and cover thoroughly so it better camouflages on stage. (Just be careful not to get it anywhere else on the costume! 😉)